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Tuesday, June 20th, 2023

‘Not on My Watch’: Dems Vow To Oppose GOP Attack on Free School Meals

Author:     Julia Conley
Source:     Common Dreams
Publication Date:     Jun 16, 2023
 Link: ‘Not on My Watch’: Dems Vow To Oppose GOP Attack on Free School Meals
Stephan:  

The sheer nastiness of the Republicans in Congress is one of their defining characteristics. How can an ethical person be opposed to seeing that poor kids get enough to eat? And yet they are. Here is some good news about this. The Democrats are going to stand against the Republicans and insist that child food programs continue. Once again making very clear the difference between the two parties.

Valerie Yanez eats a smiley face fry during her lunch period in the cafeteria at Doby Elementary School in Apollo Beach, Florida
Credit: Eve Edelheit for The Washington Post via Getty

Progressive U.S. lawmakers said Thursday that they’ll do everything in their power to stop the Republican Party from achieving its stated goal of eliminating a school lunch program that serves low-income communities, which was included in a proposed budget unveiled by the party this week.

Along with making former President Donald Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy permanent and imposing work requirements for recipients of social services up to age 64, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) made clear in its proposed budget on Wednesday that reducing the number of children who receive government-funded meals at school is a policy priority in the coming year.

The document states that the RSC—which counts three-quarters of House Republicans among its members—aims to eliminate the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) from the federal school lunch program, citing the fact that the provision “allows certain schools to provide free school […]

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